Illuminating device for pressers



1942- R. o. HURST v ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR PRESSERS I Filed Jan. 13, 1941 Patented Nov. 3;, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,300,925 ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR PRESSERS Roberto Hurst, Muskogee, Okla. Application January 13, 1941, serial No. 374,296

2 Claims. (01. 240-2 This invention relates to pressing machines, and particularly to means for illuminating the material as it is being applied to and arranged on a, buck or pressing bed, the said means for illuminating the material being carried by a presser head suitably mounted on a frame for movement with respect to the said pressing bed.

It is an object of the invention to provide a fluorescent light as the illuminating means, so mounted on the presser head as to cause the reflection of the illumination or light in order that an operator may arrange the material on the pressing bed so that wrinkling of the material is prevented as the pressing operation progresses,

It is a further object of this invention to provide a novel arrangement whereby the fluorescent light is stationed in certain relation to a reflector, means being provided for supplying current to the fluorescent lamp.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide means for so mounting the lamp and its accompanying parts that it will not interfere with the activities of the operator, and the said device has proven efiicient and satisfactory in use, as well as comparatively inexpensive.

With the foregoing andother objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which: v

Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of tho rear side of the illuminating device, omitting the means by which it is mounted on the presser head;

Figure 2 illustrates a View in elevation of the front side thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 illustrates a view in elevation of one end of the illuminating device;

Figure 5 illustrates a plan view of a presser head with an illuminating device embodying the invention applied thereto; and

Figure 6 illustrates adetail view of thejoint between the lamp casing and its support.

In this drawing 1 denotes a shield or casing which may be formed of sh'eet metal, from the ends of which studs 8 and 9 project, which are mounted in brackets such as 10 anchored to and projecting from one edge of the presser, head Ilia, and the said presser head has an appropriate handle I I by which it is manipulated and raised to a position where material can be applied to the pressing bed, and thereafter the said presser head is moved downwardly into engagement with the material on the pressing bed. Since the manner of articulating the presser head may be modified or changed to suit particular requirements, it is believed unnecessary to illustrate the pressing frame or the means for mounting the presser head, for an understanding of the invention by one skilled in the art.

Brackets I2 and I3 carry the studs 8 and 9, respectively, which studs project from the casing. The brackets 12 and I3 have anchoring screws M secured in them and the said screws hold a spacing strip l5 which engages lugs l6 and I1, respectively of the brackets l2 and It. Furthermore, the lugs I6 and II are recessed to receive apertured washers [8, into which the screws I4 are threaded, so that the parts are held assembled thereby. A fluorescent lamp 2!! has its ends secured to the brackets 12 and I3 and the said lamp is located in the casing back of a depending portion or apron 2| of the said casing. A reflector, 22 is located in the casing and extends downwardly to the lower edge of the apron where it may be secured to the apron at the point 23. The other part of the reflector which extends above the lamp is joined to the casing at the edge 24 thereof, it being shown that the casing is cut away on the inner side to permit a reflector to reflect light from the lamp onto the material occupied by the pressing bed.

The studs 8 and 9 may have appropriate slots 25 to receive lugs 26 on the brackets H1. The details of construction of this joint between the bracket and studs need not, it is thought, be shown in detail,

Suitable electric conductors 21 and 28 lead through the casing and are connected to terminals of the fluorescent lamp as is usual in such installation and these conductors are connected to a transformer 29 to which conducting wires 39 and 3! are connected. The connections between the conductors 2'! and 28 and the lamp are omitted, since they are believed unnecessaryfor an understanding of the invention by one skilled in the art, but any conventional installation for accomplishing the result may be employed.

I claim:

1. In an illuminating device, spaced supports, an elongated casing adapted to be secured to said supports and, having end walls and a depending apron on its outer surface, said casing being partially open at its inner side, brackets secured to the inner end walls of the casing and having inwardly extending lugs, a spacing bar engaging the brackets at the ends of the bar, means to secure the spacing bar to the lugs, an elongated fluorescent lamp secured to the brackets in spaced relation to the spacing bar and extending longitudinally of the casing, means to supply electric current to the lamp, and studs extending outwardly from the end walls of the casing in alinement with said brackets and adapted to engage the spaced supports, said studs being held in engagement with said supports by the spacing action of the spacing bar and brackets retaining the casing end walls against inward displacement.

2. In a illuminating device for attachment to the head of a pressing machine, an elongated casing having end walls and a depending apron on its outer surface, said casing being partially open at its inner side, brackets secured to the inner portion of the end walls of the casing and having inwardly extending lugs, a spacing bar engaging the brackets at the ends of the bar, means to secure the spacing bar to the brackets, an elongated fluorescent lamp secured to the brackets in spaced relation to the spacing bar and extending longitudinally of the casing, means to suppl3 electric current to the lamp, studs extending outwardly from the end walls of the casing in alinement with said brackets, and spaced supports extending outwardly from the head of said pressing machine to engage the studs and support the casing in spaced substantially parallel relation to the presser head, said studs being held in engagement with said supports by the spacing action of the spacing bar and brackets retaining the casing end walls against inward displacement.

ROBERT O. HURST. 

